Disclaimer: I do not own Karakuridōji Ultimo.

A/N: Raws of the manga up to chapter 5 can be read on MangaHelpers, if you so wish to see them!

I'm not the one who put them up, of course...someone named 'Rena-chan' did.

This is just a short drabble by the way.

"Yamato...I'm...I'm afraid..."

Yamato glanced away from his math textbook and looked at the small, shivering robot boy sitting at the edge of his bed. Ultimo had his large, glove-like hands wrapped tightly around his thin body as he stared off into the distance with an expression of worry in his beautiful emerald-green eyes. Sighing, Yamato slammed his textbook shut.

"What's wrong...?" he asked softly.

Ultimo's sparkling eyes met with Yamato's. "It's just...there are lots of other robots besides me out there, right?"

"Yeah..." Yamato nodded.

"And...and they'll all be coming after me...right?"

Yamato nodded again. He wondered where exactly the robot boy was going with this.

"Then...what'll happen to you? You could be dragged into these fights! You're just a human being, too; you don't have any special armor plating or hardened metallic skin...you could easily get hurt...or worse...it scares me so much to think of what could happen to you..." Tears suddenly began to well up in Ultimo's eyes; the very thought of losing Yamato upset him greatly. After all, the raven-haired young man was his first friend...and his first lover.

Scooting over next to the tiny robot child, Yamato pulled him into a sudden, abrupt hug. Ultimo gasped as he felt Yamato's lips press against his forehead; they were so warm to the touch. For a moment, Ultimo wanted to slide his head up enough so their mouths could connect instead, but he decided against it.

"Hey," Yamato whispered as he kissed Ultimo's forehead yet again, "I may be just a human...but I can take my fair share of hits too, y'know...I don't plan on dying during any battles we may encounter...don't worry...we'll make it through this together...I promise. Besides, what kind of idiot would I be to simply give you up after all the trouble I've gone through to keep you here?"

The edges of Ultimo's lips slowly curved upwards into a smile. "Y-Yamato-kun..." he buried his face into the young man's chest, and sighed deeply, "I owe you so much...I swear that I will protect you with my life..."

"I wouldn't expect anything less from you, Ultimo..."

The two of them remained in this position well into the night...